Samurai of the Takeda Family

The night is gradually lowering, and there are still **** fire clouds remaining on the horizon.

In the dim and unclear twilight, the voices of the riverside of the Chuan Chuan were full of voices, and countless figures were shaking.

In the distance, there was another rumble of horse hooves.

The horse-riding samurai of Shibata Army, who had been racing for a day, came to the front and rolled off his horse in a violent manner, and plunged his head into Torikawa.

With the sound of the rushing water, people and horses rushed to drink by the river.

In the woods by the river, the feet with the double goose golden flag and objects, rushed for a day, sitting by the river and resting, grabbing the rice dumplings from their waist pouches, and they just went straight. Put it in your mouth.

On the small hills by the river, the foot lights lit torches, illuminating the surroundings.

It is also far away to see the horse seal of Shibata Katsuya's gold coin, where Shibata Katsuya's main line is stationed.

At this moment, Shibata Katsuya himself was looking towards the north, with a solemn expression, and his surname immediately offered Shibata Katsuya a marching rice ball sprinkled with salt.

Shibata Katsuya glanced, and immediately put the rice ball wrapped in seaweed into the mouth, with iron teeth like knives up and down, chewing loudly.

A rice ball has not been eaten yet, Shibata Junwu, who has gone to search for information, sees Fantou and has rushed back to the original formation.

When Shibata Katsuya saw this person, his palms closed, and he said vaguely: "Hurry up, get a map."

Hearing Shibata's command, he hurriedly opened a cylinder next to him and took out the map of northern land made by cloth leather.

Immediately one of them bends down sideways, and the map is spread directly on his back. For Shibata Katsura's viewing.

Katsushi Shibata sees Fantou with a finger, and the opponent will immediately mark the latest movement of the Takeda army on the map.

Suddenly, Shibata's complexion suddenly changed and it seemed difficult.

Shibata Shengjia took a deep breath. He said: "Li Zhengjun's advancement is really fast."

Speaking of this, Shibata Shengjia waved his hand and said: "The order goes on, the army crosses the river overnight, hurry!"

Oh!

Immediately, Shibata Shengjia's order to cross the river was passed on one by one.

Tottori River has always been very turbulent, one of the most rapids in Japan, and it is also in autumn. The water level suddenly soared.

Before the Shibata army came, they could wade through the water, but now they are worried about crossing the river after heavy rains.

Because the river is so fast. It was impossible to use a wooden boat to cross-connect and build a pontoon bridge. Therefore, General Shibata used straw ropes to build a ropeway on both sides of the river bank, and then used a wooden boat to move it horizontally. First float across the river with war horses and horses.

These canoes are all collected temporarily, and there are not many in number, except for the samurai and war horses, it is impossible for everyone to ride.

As a junior, of course, they did not have such a good treatment by boat.

After they cleaned up the knives of the ribs, Naruto. Bundled into a big package and carried on your back.

After these are enough. Holding the long rope on the river in one hand, holding a wooden stick or spear in the other as support. Barely wading across the river.

Now the two sides of the Tottori River are brightly lit, and the prints are connected to the sky.

The water above the river was sparkling, and there was a sound of puffing and puffing, and a member of the Shibata Corps jumped out of the river.

Afterwards, in the darkness, he rubbed across the river.

Under the surface of the river, the water was swift and unrecognizable. From time to time, one or two people who crossed the river missed their hands, slipped off the cableway, and fell into the turbulent river.

After falling into the water, Zuqing often yelled aloud or two, and then struggled a few times and sank into the water. Under such an environment, everyone was overwhelmed, and there was no one to rescue him, so others could only secretly call it bad luck.

Shibata Shengjia stationed in front of the horse, watching the nervous scene of crossing the river, but secretly sighed in his heart.

When he made the decision to withdraw from the army, Maeda Toshiya and the generals such as Mitsuoji were all opposed.

They believe that although the Takeda Army has reinforcements, the Shibata Army still has the advantage of troops, and the victory or defeat is unknown.

In response to their words, Shibata Shengjia secretly shook his head, the difference lies in the thinking of the general and the general.

In order to calculate the winners and losers, those who can win will fight, and those who can't win will retreat. If the winner is unknown, you can still fight hard.

But Katsura Shibata is different. As the general of the Hokuriku Army of the Oda family, he has more considerations.

This time, Shibata Katsuya marched into Hokuriku to capture Kaga, not to fight against the Hida Etsuzhong Legion.

In a decisive battle with the powerful forces of the Hida Yuezhong Legion, if the forces are too weak, then the position of his retainer and chief army commander in Oda's home will be shaken, and the right to speak will be greatly reduced.

If the time comes, it will depend on the faces of the younger generations like Hashiba Hideyoshi, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Kazuki Takikawa, how he, the veteran of the three dynasties of the Oda clan, can bear it.

Moreover, under Kaji Tiancheng, he was defeated by Li Xiao, which is still fresh in his memory, so he has no chance of winning the decisive battle under Oyama Gobo. Moreover, what Li Xiao brought this time is his most elite standing army.

Naga Shino battles, the Oda army will be obvious to all. Under Li Xiao's five standing battles, within less than an hour, he abruptly defeated the Oda Army’s north wing defense line, Takigawa Kazuka, Niwa Nagahide, and Sakuma Nobubuki. Mori, Ikeda's 10,000 army, and led to the death of Niwa Nagahide and Sakuma Nobumo.

And if he did not choose a decisive battle and proceeded to confrontation, then the 35,000 army would consume more food and grass every day. Under the premise that the water transportation of Wakasa country was cut off, he would really not be able to support it for long.

So instead of fighting for this insignificant winning rate, Shibata Seika decided to retire.

After carrying out a fierce attack on the Li Zhengjun regiment in the daytime, Shibata Masamune's eyes were blindfolded at night, retired overnight, and deceived Li Zheng, Takenaka Reharu, Honda Masanobu and others who were confronting him in front of the battle.

When Oyama Gobo's Takeda Army found out, Shibata Katsumi had led 35,000 troops to retreat, and it was too late to pursue it.

Now Katsumi Shibata has led his army to the banks of the Tottori River. Only after crossing the river, he can retreat into the hinterland of Kaga Echizen and enter the Daisho-ji Castle guarded by his retainer Toji Hiromasa. Then there will be A place to retreat.

So you must cross the river quickly.

Shibata Katsuya squeezed the whip in his hand and fixed his eyes on the river of Tottori River.

Right now, most of the centaur of the Shibata Army were crowded along the river, one by one, looking at each other eagerly, and slowly crossing the river.

After the war, the soldiers had long been homecoming, so they all looked across the river one by one, thinking of their loved ones and the easy life, looking through the autumn water, thinking of homecoming like an arrow.

At this time, there was a strong wind at night at some point, and it swept straight from the north.

Whoosh!

The double geese golden flag on the head of Shibata's head was wrapped around the flagpole and made a ball of fatigue.

This scene faintly made Shibata's heart a little more disturbed.

Shibata Katsuka looked around, tightening the leather-red cloak on his body, and asked the person beside him in a deep voice, "How many people have crossed the river?"

"Return to the lord, nothing more."

Just halfway through what the other person said, Shibata Shengjia suddenly raised his hand and motioned to the other person to stop talking.

At this time, the strong wind turned violent, and the gust of wind rustled, and there was a faint sound of gold and iron horse from the sound of the wind.

Shibata's face changed drastically, and at this time, with a squeak, the flag print on the ground was broken by the wind, and the flag print with the double geese and gold family pattern fell to the ground.

The sound of shouting and killing, the sound of horseshoes, accompanied by the sound of the harsh wind, came from far from the north, and it was immediately clear and audible.

How can it be!

A trace of blood suddenly escaped from the corner of Shibata's mouth. Li Zheng's army, he has been monitoring, and has arranged enough troops behind the palace to stop along the way with the tail-docking method.

But for Li Xiao's aid all the way, he didn't expect it.

Two days?

It is absolutely impossible for Li Xiao's 10,000 army to rush from Kuligaro Mountain to Stoichigawa!

"It's impossible!" Shibata Katsuya suddenly burst into a roar against the gust of north.

But there is nothing unexpected or impossible in this world.

The answer to Shibata's roar was the sound of horseshoes that sounded silently in the dark.

In an instant, countless lighted torches were thrown into the woods where Shibata Corps was stationed.

The horseback samurai of the Takeda Army who came by night kept throwing torches into the forest, and the dead leaves everywhere hit the fire and burst into flames.

It's September, and things are dry in autumn, and the wind helps the fire.

In the dense forests on the outermost periphery of the Tottori River, a raging fire suddenly ignited.

The gale blowing from the north is constantly blowing, and the sparks burning in the outer part of the forest drift into the depths of the dense forest with the wind, and the fire is expanding!

Night attack! Night attack!

Takeda army night attack!

In the Shibata army’s resident, there was a tumult of noise, and the order that had been struggling to cross the river before was also difficult to continue because of the Takeda army’s raid and the fire that ignited in the outer woods.

Soldiers of Shibata Army by the river stared dumbly at the fire in the forest not far away.

And the shouts and shouts continued to come.

Bastard.

Who caused the ghost.

No, the Takeda army is here and run away.

Don't retreat, meet me.

All kinds of shouts and curses were mixed with the sound of the wind, and the people who crossed the river felt urgency in their hearts, and their hands and feet could not help speeding up.

The soldiers waiting to cross the river in the back began to push the people in front eagerly.

The crowds were piled up, rushing to the site of crossing the river together.

At this time, because of the urgency of the situation, UU read www.uukanshu. The ropes in the com crossing the river were also covered with the Shibata army's foot light, they rushed to swim.

Gradually, the rope became a little overwhelmed.

boom! boom! boom!

The sound of iron cannons like popping beans rang intensively.

The sudden sound of iron cannons caused the Shibata generals to take a meal, and at this time, there was a crash.

A rope broke.

Because too many people rushed to squeeze and pull, the rope has long been overloaded.

A rope and dozens of Shibata troops were light enough to be swept down the river by the rapids. Only a few people who barely knew how to swim could escape.

This sudden change, like a spark, was thrown into the dry wood, and with a bang, it turned into a blaze.

The order of crossing the river completely collapsed under this incident. (...)